If following the book a season structure with the exception of splitting book three into seasons 3 and 4, then 7-8 seasons would match with Martin's vision of a seven book series, although with as badly as he's allowed the story to meander, I don't see how he wraps everything up in another 1,200-1,400 pages but hey look....Dragons and a cash cow!

Out of town in indianapolis working but most of my co-workers live in northwest indiana and were supposed to travel home today. Ironically enough we are all having trouble extending hotel stay because of the big ten tourney

got a 4WD truck so I was banging my head against the steering wheel. I try to remember that not everyone deals with the crappy roads the same though. Had to keep reminding myself not to be right on their ass. That's a dick move and could only make things worse. Of course, I did make sure the 15 cars behind me could see that it was the car in front of me that was pissing all of them off and not me.

Between a severe cold and the nightmare commute, I decided to work from home today.

Last time we got this much snow in the overnight hours, I went the first 10 miles in 20 minutes (I-96 between Howell & Livonia)...then the next 1/2 mile took over an hour. Finally worked by way to the next exit, turned around and went home (in about 15 minutes).

My commute is all of the distance from Romulus to Belleville, but it was the most terrifying 8 miles of my life and I didn't go much faster than about 15 MPH for the entire stretch. I basically came in to conduct two Continuous Improvement meetings and then attend a staff meeting, after which I plan to go home and work from there for the rest of the day....after I shovel my way up my own driveway...again...still...

In retrospect, coming in at all was probably a mistake, but the director that was supposed to be at one session did in fact show up, so it might be a good thing that I did as well.

At the moment, it is only a few inches, but it is coming down at about an inch per hour here in Metro Detroit and some areas around here are supposed to get close to 10 inches of snow. They haven't even touched the surface streets yet, so my commute was basically 8 miles of of following ruts and trying to remember where the potholes were.

Snowmageddon XIII here in Cleveland is just about ready to start. Several people in my office did the "I'll be working from home" thing already and my kid's school was cancelled even though nothing has happened yet.

I'm here but I guess I'll end up spending a lot of time on ESPN (watching free agents), CNN (seeing if they can find a missing 777) and MgoBlog.

The interesting thing about driving into Ann Arbor during these storms is not necessarily the snow, it's that the snow hides the massive pot holes on Huron Street. I nailed a few big ones this morning -- always a good thing to have happen while trying to NOT crash into other vehicles.

My HTML is working on my brower again...no more plain text. I've updated the most recent depth chart because the old one was driving me CRAZY. That said, it's too soon to make a new thread. Maybe after spring ball.

immediately followed that of "Hail2thevict0rs", in which he talked of the big potholes he hit today, I was really expecting (and kinda hoping for) an in-depth report from you on the location and depth of all the potholes. Instead, all we get is a football depth chart.

Wasn't too bad and M-59 was surprisingly manageable at least on one half of the road (big accident coming from Pontiac to Utica between Squirrel and Adams Rd, just one lane to go through). I work in Auburn Hills so I only had to go about 18 miles or so to get to work. Just waiting in the break room now though (shift starts at 10).

My shift starts at 7. I left my house at a little after 5, just beating the snow. I was here incredibly early, but my awesome employer doesnt provide parking, so i got in a structure before you have to pay as well. Also i will probably be forced to work a double, so hopefully the roads will be clear by 11pm

We are waiting for our blizzard to hit. I work from home anyway so my day will be normal until noon when the kiddos arrive home from preK, hopefully ahead of the storm. I will use the time before then wondering if the Broncos will just admit how badly they want to be the Patriots. First Welker, now Talib. I expect John Fox to debut a ratty old hoodie any day now.

I went back and forth on some of the RS Sr.'s - I know it's inappropriate to say they're not coming back, especially 2 years in advance, but some of them just don't make sense. That said, I wasn't trying to offend anyone...I simply wanted to know what the depth chart would look like if they weren't here since it cannot be assumed.

The LBs are a mess - I think either Furbush or Winovich moves to WDE. Ferns moves to WILL and maybe McCray to MIKE. Who knows at this point - but it won't look even close to this.

Potential lock down CB due with and Jr. Lewis and Stribling behind them. We could finally have a #NoFlyZone.

This group also looks solid.

We have a potentially VERY solid team already and won't have to rely on ANY freshman to play early (except kicker). You can't look at one position (except kicker) and say "we need a freshman or RS freshman to come and play early."

Our schedule sets up VERY well in 2015 too...toughest games are at HOME.

As a contractor, Company policy states that contractors aren't allowed to work from home, so if the campus (Levis Park Campus/Owens-Illinois World Headquarters) is closed, you still don't paid like the salaried workers. Got to work before the level 3s were issued (Lucas County/Toledo).

We are in Washington, DC and our flight home was canceled. Our 4 year old son did not come with us and I am really looking forward to getting home to see him. We had fun while we were here though and got quite a few Go Blues when we had our UM stuff on!